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Origin Story
**Disclaimer: Prepare for an overload of Marvel references in this one. Sorry about that. I got a smidge carried away. Let’s just call it an extended metaphor, shall we? I am no superhero, but I am a hero to someone. With my one-year transplant-aversary coming up in the next few days, I am continuing to…
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I don’t have Syphilis and other things I’ve learned about myself…
I am, without a doubt, the kind of person who turns up the radio in my car to drown out any noise it may be making. This same level of ‘if I can’t hear it or see it,’ often applies to my physical health as well. However, when you decide to volunteer to become a…
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Six months ago
On Thursday, February 18, I awoke at 4 AM to take a shower and use the antibacterial soap one last time. My husband and I got into the car for the 30 minute or so drive to the hospital, leaving my two older children still sound asleep (the youngest had been taken to a former…
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Tales of Winter–part 1
On a cold, snowy morning in the winter of 1979 or ’80, still dressed in my warm, flannel nightgown, I heard a loud squawking clearly coming from INSIDE my home. A bird, most likely a robin, had somehow come down the chimney and gotten stuck on the closed flue.
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Professional Development…try Professional Detriment!
It’s a typical day in the life of a teacher. Your lessons have been planned in advance. You drive to your building (and actually pull into the lot and not drive by it as everyone in the world–teacher or not–fantasizes about doing when they get to work). You arrive inside only to learn that your…
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NaNoWriMo
Happy Tuesday, October 21! I wanted to take a moment to announce that for the month of November, I will be participating in the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) challenge to write a novel (or 50,000 words) in one month (https://nanowrimo.org/). Today, I completed the prep courses they recommend taking before you embark on writing,…
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A Teacher Tribute
I’ve been a teacher for 27 years. I’ve been a teacher for longer than I was not. From my very first year until now, I have worked alongside brilliant, beloved educators. People who teach with love, compassion, grace, holding their students to the highest standards whilst simultaneously lifting and motivating them each day to achieve…
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Breaking Through
Today I hit a milestone. Early this morning as my five year old and my French bulldog slept close by, I submitted my 50th query to solicit an agent to represent my manuscript. If you are not a writer or have never submitted a query, it can be quite an arduous process. I have been…
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My Year of 50
As the era of the coronavirus/Covid 19 continues, now into its 18 month or more, I sit and reflect on the past year. Not the dreaded 2020 exactly, but the year of August, 2020 to August, 2021 or what I regard distastefully as my year of 50. On August 20, 2020, I turned 50 years…
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